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The Assassins
By: darkangelprincess24
Chapter Eight: Ayame's Past
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"You're joking!"
The redhead laughed. "Sorry, Kagome, but Naraku said that if you were to work together, everyone must live together. In one house. Together."
"Together?" InuYasha screamed. "Together?"
The woman shook her head. "That and the fact that your enemies know the apartments in which you are currently living in. So it's dangerous."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean, wench?" InuYasha demanded.
Sango, Miroku, InuYasha, Kagome, and Naraku's messenger sat in a WacDonalds. The place was surprisingly empty for a Friday night. It might have had something to do with InuYasha throwing a man taking up a six seated booth out of the building so they could sit down. After that, the population of the restaurant quickly lowered.
"My name is not 'wench', InuYasha." The girl's green eyes sparkled as she smiled. "You've known me since you were fourteen, and I know you have a good memory. So get it right. Ay-am-e, InuYasha. Ayame. Say it with me now..."
InuYasha crossed his arms over his chest and looked away. "Fine." He paused. "Wench."
Ayame sighed. "He's hopeless." She said to Kagome.
Kagome shrugged and turned to InuYasha. "Hey, why don't you ever call me or Sango 'wench'?"
InuYasha snorted. "Miroku would have a hissy fit if I called his girlfriend a wench, and you just are weird enough without me having to say it."
Ayame hit him on the shoulder. "Hey! You should be nicer to Kagome." InuYasha raised an eyebrow at her. "Well, you guys are dating, aren't you? You act like it."
Kagome's eyes widened. She started to say quickly. "Um, no, Ayame, you've got it wrong-"
InuYasha cut her off. "Like I would ever date her. She's a freaking nut job." Then he added quieter, "Probably why she couldn't get any dates in high school."
Kagome bit her lip. Why is he acting like nothing's happened? Is it me, or did I just imagine him bringing me Krispy Kremes?
She covered it up with a fake smile when everyone looked at her for a reaction. It was the kind of smile that made everyone know that she was almost ready to cry.
She held up her black messenger bag- which matched perfectly with her blue jeans and yellow tank top- and searched through it. Finally, she took her right hand out of the bag, and gracefully put a five dollar bill on the table in front of Sango.
"Sango, this should cover ours. See you at the shrine." Kagome's voice cracked when she said "shrine". Sango couldn't figure out if it was because she was already going to cry, or because the shrine is where her family had lived.
Miroku, Ayame, and Sango watched her walk out the door and down the street, then turned to InuYasha with furious glares. InuYasha looked up from his attack of the french fries.
"Mwat?" He said, his mouth full of french fries.
Ayame shook her head. "You are so ignorant. It's no wonder you're single."
Miroku, desperate to change the subject, quickly said to Ayame, "So, what you were saying was that we all need to find a place to live?"
Ayame took the hint. Sango glared at InuYasha. "Uh, yeah. You guys need to find a different place to live. Together. You know, for missions and stuff."
Sango tore her glare from InuYasha to Ayame. "Kagome really wants to live back at her grandfather's old shrine, I know it. It's perfect, really. Two bathrooms, five bedrooms. I vote for Kagome's shrine." She raised her hand. "Anyone else?"
Miroku raised his hand. InuYasha didn't. Ayame smirked and raised her hand also. Sango smiled triumphantly and put her hand down, as did Miroku and Ayame.
"All right, majority rules."
InuYasha sat up and pointed at Ayame in a very child-like way. "But she doesn't count!"
Sango smiled still. "yeah, but it's Miroku, Kagome, and me. Against you."
InuYasha scowled. After a few moments, he threw his arms in the air. "What's the address?"
Miroku smirked as Sango rattled off the address. After Ayame left, Sango and Miroku headed over to InuYasha and Miroku's old apartment to get their stuff (they would get Kagome and Sango's the next day). InuYasha went to the shrine to "tell Kagome that they'll be moving in".
Miroku said that he highly doubted that InuYasha and Kagome were going to "talk", which resulted in Sango hitting him on the head, saying perverted thoughts were never useful. Miroku then responded that in some adult situations it serves useful.
Sango hit him on the head and told him to stay ten steps behind her.
InuYasha got the shrine and gaped from the bottom of the steps. How did Kagome do it? He smirked and, in two leaps, made it ten feet in front of the front door of a two-story house.
The first thing he noticed at the top of the stairs was, of course, the huge tree to the left of the house. He looked to a spot in the middle of the base, and a sudden pained ached near his heart. InuYasha put a hand to it. It was like he just got shot with an arrow there. (Heh...) For a reason he couldn't pinpoint, he jumped onto a branch of the tree. He sat with his back to it, and was surprised to find that the tree's outline fit his perfectly.
Once there, an image played in his mind. A woman that looked almost identical to Kagome was standing about twenty feet from the tree with a bow and arrow, ready to fire. Then he saw himself, in weird red clothes, running. The image him stopped when he saw the woman. He had had a pink jewel on a necklace in his hand. The woman screamed.
"InuYasha!"
She launched the arrow and before he could react, was pierced with it, sealing himself to the tree. He started to say something, but apparently fell asleep before he could say it.
InuYasha snapped back to reality and pushed the image away. Me and my crazy mind...
He looked up absentmindedly, finding that woman staring back at him. The woman from his day dream. He yelped and had to grab onto the branch to keep from falling. He looked at the woman again. Wait, no, it wasn't the woman who looked so much like Kagome.
It was Kagome Higurashi. The real one.
She stood, perfectly balanced, on a tightrope thin branch above him. She smiled a little.
"Scare you?" She asked, obviously amused.
"No." InuYasha said quickly. He pulled himself back up onto the branch and jumped down. Kagome, too high for her to jump, climbed quickly.
"So..." InuYasha said quietly as Kagome made her way to the front door. She motioned for him to follow.
"So...what?" She asked, unlocking the door.
"Are you still mad at me?"
"What? Oh," Kagome rummaged through the refrigerator. "That. It's fine, just watch it next time. "
"Okay. So, what did you think about Ayame?"
Kagome scrunched up her face. "I don't really like her."
"You don't like Ayame?"
She shut the fridge, a package of chicken flavored Ramen in her hand. "No, not really. I mean, she only looks about fifteen or sixteen, and she's already Naraku's messenger? A little to weird for me."
InuYasha shrugged one shoulder, sitting down on the counter next to the stove. "Yeah, but she is a lot older, in her past experiences and stuff." Kagome raised an eyebrow. "She was abandoned by her mother when she was ten. I found her a year and half later, waiting for her mother in the same place she was left at."
"Oh, well, that's really horrible, but-"
"The next year," InuYasha interrupted, "Ayame and I were just walking down the street, when Ayame runs up to a random lady on the street. She keeps saying to me, 'Hey, this is my mom, InuYasha!'. The lady says that she doesn't know Ayame, but even I could tell she was lying." InuYasha leaned in. "And you know what the lady did to Ayame? Huh, Kagome?"
Kagome shook her head. InuYasha leaned back and continued. "Her 'mom' called the police, saying that a girl off the street was assaulting her and to arrest her. " InuYasha jumped off the counter. "I had to practically drag Ayame from the scene before the police showed up."
Kagome's cheeks blushed in shame. "I guess I was wrong about her then. I'll try to be a little less...judgmental."
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Three hours later, when all the stuff is moved in from InuYasha and Miroku's apartment
"No!"
"InuYasha, you are not my father, I can call whomever I want!"
"But not him!"
"What is wrong with you? Did you skip your meds?"
"Kagome, you shouldn't be talking, you're the one who gave them to me!"
Silence. The screaming match between InuYasha and Kagome had halted, if only for a moment. Sango rubbed her temples. Kagome started to talk with a low, threatening voice that even freaked InuYasha out.
"InuYasha-"
"Kagome, I didn't mean it, I swear! I-"
Miroku sighed. The 'conversation' had been going on for about twenty minutes, neither of the teenagers giving up the fight. It looked like InuYasha had finally settled for glaring at Kagome from across the room.
"If they keep this up, the shrine is going to cease to exist, from all of those sit commands." Sango whispered to Miroku, who was sitting next to her on the couch. Miroku just nodded.
Kagome was getting impatient now. "InuYasha, how about we make a deal? I'll call Kouga-"
"No."
"-but I'll only talk to him for five minutes," Kagome continued, acting as if InuYasha hadn't just interrupted her. "How about that? Compromise?"
"No." InuYasha answered shortly. He caught himself just in time not to say that he wanted Kagome for himself, in front of everyone.
"And why not, InuYasha? Give me a good reason."
If they were alone, he'd probably just kiss her right then and there-wait! Shut up! I hate her, she's evil! I don't like her at all! Nope, not me...
"Because, uh," InuYasha thought of another reason. "Because I said so!"
"You are such a baby, InuYasha. I haven't used that one for seven years."
Then, just to irritate InuYasha, Kagome picked up the phone so he could see, and started to dial the number Kouga left her. The phone started ringing on the other line. InuYasha frowned and turned away.
Finally, a man of about twenty answered on the fourth ring. "Hello?"
Kagome smile and put on a sugar coated voice. InuYasha almost gagged. Does she actually like that guy?
"Hey, Kouga, it's Kagome. You remember me?"
"Of course! How could I forget someone so beautiful?" Kouga said.
Kagome made a face and turned to Sango. Sango made a face back that said, "He's nuts, isn't he?" Kagome nodded.
InuYasha, although it didn't look it, was paying close attention to Kagome's phone call. So close attention that he could hear their conversation (Can someone please tell me how to spell that?). Even what Kouga was saying. Inuyasha's ears twitched when Kagome and Sango put him on speakerphone, turning the volume down so Miroku couldn't hear. Inuyasha could hear it.
"So...Kagome, I was wondering if you'd like to go to the movies tomorrow?" Kouga asked hopefully.
Kagome's reply made InuYasha smile slightly. Miroku saw it and smiled to himself.
"Um, sorry Kouga, but I'm moving into my old house tomorrow."
"Back at your parents?"
"Yeah, I guess you could say that."
"Oh, well, maybe you could just move in here at my house." Kouga asked excitedly.
Kagome's eyes widened, along with Miroku and Sango. Apparently, Miroku had heard it.
"I think I like this guy." Miroku said happily.
InuYasha sprung up off the couch like a jack-in-the-box. "No way in hell is she going to live with you!"
"Kagome? Who is that?" Kouga asked nervously. "Because you didn't tell me that you had a boyfriend..."
"He is most definitely not my boyfriend." Kagome said quickly.
InuYasha sat back down, looking slightly hurt, thought Kagome couldn't figure out why. "Um, maybe, about the movie, we could go some other time, but right now, I've got to go."
"Oh, okay."
"Hey, Kouga? I wanted to ask what your age was?"
"Oh, nineteen." Kouga said. "Well, I'll see you around Kags."
Kagome scrunched up her nose. "Okay. Bye Kouga."
She hung up and turned to Sango again. "That guy is so weird!" They said at the same time. Miroku and Sango went into the kitchen.
Kagome sat next to InuYasha. "Hey."
"Hey."
"Are you mad at me?" She asked.
"Feh, what's it matter anyway?"
"Can you look at me when I'm talking to you?" Kagome asked, pulling his chin until he was looking at her. InuYasha averted his eyes.
"No."
Kagome let go of his chin. "Fine. I just won't talk to you then." She stood and walked started to walk to the kitchen.
"Don't leave, Kagome." She turned. His eyes were hopeful.
Did InuYasha just tell her to stay? She smiled a little and sat down next to him again. She yawned and leaned against Inuyasha's shoulder. He tensed at first, but relaxed and debated with himself if he should put his arm around her or not. He eventually decided yes and draped his right arm around her.
"Kagome?"
She didn't answer him. He looked down. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing steadily. How did she fall asleep so fast? He brushed a stray hair out of her face and looked at her affectionately.
He didn't notice that Miroku and Sango saw it all and had snuck upstairs to their rooms, smiling.
The Next Night
"Hyah!"
Kagome kicked a man in the stomach, sending him back a few feet. She leaped behind him and put one hand on top of his head, and one on the bottom. She moved her hands opposite ways, wincing when she heard the neck crack.
She ran silently down the streets and made sure no one was following her. She hopped up into the tree next to her window and opened it. She crawled inside and closed it again.
Kagome stripped off her black clothes and changed into green pajama shorts and a white t-shirt. She climbed under her covers and rolled over towards the wall. Someone was already there! She screamed. The person's eyes opened in surprise.
"InuYasha! What are you doing in here!"
InuYasha sat up sleepily and scratched his head. Before he could say anything, Miroku and Sango rushed into the room.
"Kagome, I heard you scream and...whoa, what is he doing in here?" Sango stopped. Miroku smiled an all to well known smile.
"Sango, dear, I think we interrupted something." Miroku cocked his head. "But why are your clothes still on Kagome?"
"Pervert!" Kagome and Sango yelled.
Miroku shook his head. He and Sango went back to their rooms. Kagome looked at InuYasha, blushing. He knew she was waiting for an explanation.
"W-well, I was looking around the house and when I got here, I fell asleep on your bed." InuYasha knew this story was made-up. He had been looking around in her room and sat on the bed. Eventually he got tired, so he fell asleep.
Kagome nodded. "Sure...you were snooping around in here first, right?"
How did she know this stuff! "Maybe, I'm sorry Kagome, but I just-"
"It's okay, InuYasha. Just, don't do it again." When he didn't make any effort to move, Kagome raised an eyebrow. "Y-you're not actually going to sleep in here, are you?"
"No." He jumped off the bed and into the room next door. "G'night."
"Night." Kagome muttered.
InuYasha's Dream
I cock the gun and point it at her. She is crying.
"InuYasha, please don't do it!"
She is wearing green shorts and a white t-shirt. Her hair is in a messy ponytail.
I shake my head and pull the trigger. She sinks to the ground, covered in blood. Some of her blood stains my clothes. Her eyes are wide in her last moments of life. Then she looks like she is just staring now. I look at her sadly.
Then he shows up. "Well done, InuYasha." He says.
He wears a baboon mask; I cannot see his face.
"You have successfully killed Kagome Higurashi."
End Dream
InuYasha woke up breathing heavily with a sore throat. He looked around. Sango was standing on his left side, looking worried, with Miroku at his right, his hand on his shoulder. InuYasha looked to Kagome, who was behind Sango. She knew what dream he had just had, for she had just woken up from that dream, too.
"You alright?" Miroku asked. "You have that dream again?"
InuYasha nodded. "Why're all of you guys here? Did I wake you up?"
"No, you didn't," Sango lied, "Kagome was screaming in her sleep, so we woke her up. Then you were screaming her name, so..." She trailed off.
InuYasha looked over at Kagome again. She was rubbing her throat and swallowing, like she had been screaming for a long time.
"Oh...okay."
Miroku nodded and left, followed by Sango. It took a moment for InuYasha to realize that Kagome was still there, staring at him in the same way she did in his dream.
"You have successfully killed Kagome Higurashi."
InuYasha stood and walked to her. She took a little step backwards, but didn't look afraid. He embraced her, and she returned it. A few silent tears leaked out of her eyes.
"I would never do that, Kagome." InuYasha whispered in her ear. "Never."
Kagome nodded and squeezed him tightly before she pulled away. InuYasha saw that she was crying, and wiped away some of her tears with his thumb. He smiled.
When she looked back, InuYasha knew that he couldn't deny his feelings any longer. Every time he looked at Kagome- or even thought about her- he got butterflies in his stomach and he couldn't breathe. He knew what he felt.
I want to kiss him so bad, Kagome thought. She felt so right in his arms and wanted to stay there forever. She had realized it just then. Her feelings toward InuYasha. Oh my god...
I love him.
His eyes...his compassion for her...the way he's so overprotective...even the way he acted like he hated her at times. The way he smiled, laughed, talked, walked...The whole package.
And that scared her.
"I-um," She stuttered. "Goodnight." She said before running out of the room.
The only thing that scared her more than actually loving InuYasha entered her mind.
What if he didn't love her back?
InuYasha watched her walk out of the room and sighed. Don't deny it, InuYasha..."You love her, too."
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Author's note: It gets sad when even I think this was a cute chapter...but I do! Shippo comes in the next chapter! And more fluff for InuKag fans!
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